Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Myanmar seeks WHO help with deadly swine flu outbreak

Myanmar health authorities have asked the UN's health agency for help to combat a deadly outbreak of swine flu that has sparked alarm in the commercial capital.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Special anti-polio drive kicks off in southwestern Pakistan

A Pakistani health official says a special five-day anti-polio drive is being launched in the capital of southwestern Baluchistan province after traces of polio virus were found in the sewer system.

HIV & AIDS

Study unlocks secret of common HIV strain

A discovery that the most common variant of the HIV virus is also the "wimpiest" will help doctors better treat millions of individuals around the world suffering from the deadly disease, according to one of the world's leading ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Post-Ebola, West Africans flock back to bush meat, with risk

As the deadly outbreak of Ebola has subsided, people in several West African countries are flocking to eat bush meat again after restrictions were lifted on the consumption of wild animals like hedgehogs and cane rats. But ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Spain screens 200 people after man dies of Congo fever

Health authorities in Spain have begun screening around 200 people after a rare, deadly virus known as Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever killed a man and infected a nurse who treated him, officials said Thursday.

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